This despite the steady stream of so-called western terror analysts who"cast doubt on whether the group is strong enough to pose a serious threat"and"say such claims are highly inflated."

The Human Rights groups all have their theories too - needless to say it is accusing the Chinese government of "using such cases as a pretext for increased repression of China’s eight million Uighurs, a Turkic-speaking people who have long bridled under rule from Beijing."